Wildfire smoke is now one of the largest and fastest growing sources of harmful air pollution in the United States. Emissions from severe wildfires rival many industrial and transportation sources regulated under the Clean Air Act. Unmanaged federal forests are fueling increasingly destructive fires whose smoke is erasing decades of progress in protecting air quality […]
October 2025
Celebrating National Forest Products Week: Honoring Our Forests, Our People, and Our Future
Each October, Americans pause to recognize an industry that touches nearly every part of our daily lives, from the homes we live in and the paper we use, to the carbon-storing forests that sustain our planet. National Forest Products Week, observed this year from October 19–25, 2025, is an opportunity to celebrate the people, forests, […]
AFRC, Associated Oregon Loggers Urge Science-Based, Active Forest Management in Blue Mountains Plan Revision
The American Forest Resource Council (AFRC) and Associated Oregon Loggers (AOL) have submitted joint comments to the U.S. Forest Service on its Draft Land Management Plan (LMP) for the Blue Mountains Forests Plan Revision, urging the agency to strengthen its commitment to active, sustainable forest management while removing unscientific restrictions and overly complex direction that […]
October 2025 Newsletter
Washington, DC Update Government shutdown Hearing on Public Lands Bills Postponed SPEED Act Greg Hibbard joins AFRC as Staff Attorney Forest Service Fiscal Year Wrap-up BLM End-of-Year Wrap Up AFRC and Calforests Submit Joint Comments Urging Rescission of Roadless Rule The AFRC Podcast Episode 49: Amanda Kaster & Montana’s Historic Stewardship Agreement Fremont-Winema Continues to […]